कन्यकुब्जkanyakubjan. (f(आ). L.), N. of an ancient city of great note (in the north-western provinces of India, situated on the…
neuter gender (f(आ). Lexicographers), Name of an ancient city of great note (in the north-western provinces of India, situated on the काली नदी, a branch of the Gan3ga1 गङ्गा, in the modern district of Farrukhabad; the popular spelling of the name presents, perhaps, greater variations than that of any place in India [exempli gratia, 'for example' Kanauj, Kunnoj, Kunnouj, Kinoge, Kinnoge, Kinnauj, Kanoj, Kannauj, Kunowj, Canowj Canoje, Canauj, etc.]; in antiquity this city ranks next to Ayodhya1 अयोध्या in Oude; it is known in classical geography as Canogyza; but the name applies also to its dependencies and the surrounding district; the current etymology [कन्या, "a girl", shortened to कन्य, and कुब्ज, "round-shouldered or crooked"] refers to a legend in R. i, 32, 11 ff., relating to the hundred daughters of Kus3ana1bha कुशनाभ, the king of this city, who were all rendered crooked by Va1yu वायु for non-compliance with his licentious desires; the ruins of the ancient city are said to occupy a site larger than that of London) MBh. Katha1s. etc.
